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From: keith@mips.COM (Keith Garrett)
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Subject: Re: processor for graphics terminal [was: PC/AT clones with RISC cpu]
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Date: 7 Nov 90 21:33:59 GMT
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In article <2PX6KJ@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
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>I personally can't think of anything off the top of my head that a 286
>based PC offers that I want. What are you talking about here? For running
>MS-DOS software, an 8088 based PC is fine. For anything else, a 68000
>based PC is much better.
if you check the requirements for the latest versions of many DOS applications,
they now require 286 compatibility.
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